English Tests

2021-03-03 12:01:01 GLASSES: PLURAL OR SINGULAR?

Glasses (meaning spectacles) is always a plural word. We put a pair of in front of it to give it its singular and plural form.

Most of my childhood is a big blur , ‘cause I needed better glasses.

I love this pair of glasses! Open / Comment

2021-03-02 13:16:57 BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS

Idiom: to work day and night at something. Open / Comment

2021-03-01 10:29:22 BE GOING TO OR WILL

Will is used when we are talking about smth with absolute certainty.

Be going to is used when we want to emphasise our decision or the evidence in the present.

We are now very late so we’re going to take the B road = the speaker refers to the present and emphasises the decision.

I know the B road will be quicker at this time of the day = the speaker states a fact. Open / Comment

2021-02-27 09:52:08 INFORMAL TO FORMAL

Deal with handle
Go against oppose
Get in touch contact
Ring up call
Start commence Open / Comment

2021-02-26 08:56:27 DEER OR DEERS?

These nouns have the same singular and plural form:

Deer
Fish
Bison
Moose
Elk
Swine
Shrimp
Bass
Trout
Aircraft
Spacecraft Open / Comment

2021-02-24 09:18:06 TO MAKE FOR

Phrasal verb. It means ‘to move in the direction of.’

They didn’t like the game so they made for the exit. Open / Comment

2021-02-19 08:38:38 Open / Comment

2021-02-18 08:32:30 NOBODY DOESN’T LIKE BANANAS

Don’t say this way! We avoid double negation in our speech. These pronouns - no, nothing, Never - alone express negation.

When negation already exists, the following are used:

any instead of no
anything instead of nothing
anybody instead of nobody
ever instead of never

he has no friends - he doesn’t have any friends.
I see nothing from here - I can’t see anything from here. Open / Comment

2021-02-17 08:34:57 WT.. A CAT?!

15 most popular internet acronyms

AFAIC - as far as I’m concerned
AFAIK - as far as I know
BRB - be right back
BTW - by the way
FYI - for your information
HTH - hope this helps
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IOW - in other words
LMAO - laughing my butt off
LOL - laughing out loud
OMG - oh my God
QQ - cry more, noob
ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
TTYL - talk to you later
WTF - what a cat Open / Comment